Answer:
<h2>x³ + 8x² - 3x - 24 = (x + 8)(x - √3)(x + √3)</h2>
Step-by-step explanation:

The unit rate is how many calories are in 1 cup of cereal.
Set up a proportion:

Cross multiply and solve:

There are 100 calories per cup of cereal.
To get the calories in 4 cups of cereal, simply multiply the unit rate of 100cals/cup by 4.

There are 400 calories in 4 cups of cereal.
The ratio of 2:9 has to be 2:9 do to the fact you can't simplify the fraction 2/9.
Hoped I helped.